Description: A 3'9" northern woman, she wears a grey tunic with yellow highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her black hair is lengthy. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 7000 cp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His tied-back hair is black. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his small tan hat.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Qualen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Spice Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spice Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a simple green robe with red stripes complete with hood. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. This gold eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Sammal hails from a village terrorized by illithids. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Tiefling conditions. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature greatsword.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 7000 sp. Rock crystal (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp).

Description: This woman wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her left hand. Her auburn hair is long and unkept. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Rosamund is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Dilettante arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'8". He is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, brown shirt, and tan tie. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. After a long history of fighting, Orsik and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 40 pp. Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Spyglass.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her longsword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and carries longswords. Her auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a Sellsword, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He is typically in his Mercenary uniform. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Anthony was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 2 Holy water.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears skinny pants and wears a grey and tan robe with the hood down. Her chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Beatrice never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 120 gp.